In 1955, “Marty” swept most of the Oscars, including Picture and Director. The most nominated (9) film was “The Rose Tattoo,” based on Tennessee Williams play and directed by the other Mann, Daniel. Most of the nominated pictures were screen adaptations of popular stage or TV plays. The other three nominees were the romantic melodrama “Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing,” which was the most popular film of the year, John Ford's “Mister Roberts,” and Joshua Logan's “Picnic.”

“Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing,” the most commercial popular film in 1955, competed for the Best Picture with “Marty,” which swept the most important Oscars, “The Rose Tattoo,” John Ford's “Mister Roberts,” and Joshua Logan's “Picnic.”

In 1954, “Seven Brides for Seven Sisters” competed for the Best Picture Oscar with Kazan's labor drama, “On the Waterfront,” which swept most of the Oscars, the court drama, “The Caine Mutiny,” the screen version of the stage play, “The Country Girl,” and the romantic melodrama, “Three Coins in the Fountain,” which benefited from on-location shoot in Rome.

In 1954, “The Country Girl” competed for the Best Picture Oscar with Kazan's drama “On the Waterfront,” which swept most of the Oscars, including Picture, Director and Actor for Brando, the court drama, “The Caine Mutiny,” the musical “Seven Brides for Seven Sisters,” and the romantic melodrama, “Three Coins in the Fountain,” which benefited from on-location shoot in Rome.